Carrier for receptacles.



R. STEEL. CARRIER FOR RECEPTACLES.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.11, 1010.

1,108,016,- Patented Aug.18,1914.

LEONARD R. STEEL, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

" CARRIER FOR RECEPTACLES.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Application filed November 11, 1910. Serial No. 591,804.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD R. STEEL, a

' citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Carriers for Receptacles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carriers for receptacles; and it has for itsprimary object the provision of a carrier-consisting of relativelyseparable sections and fastening means therebetween for holding thesections against accidental separation under ordinary conditions whileconstructedwhereby the sections may be readily separated when desired.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a structure of thischaracter in which the fastening means for the sections of the carriermay be positively retained on one of the sections of the carrier at allI times.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a carrier constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the same. Fig. 3is a detail sectional view on a plane intersecting one of the curvedmembers and also intersecting a pair of upstanding retaining tongues.Fig. 4c is a detail plan of the upper end of the lower section of thereceptacle.

The carrier comprises a receptacle 1 embodying a lower section 2 and anupper section 3. At the top, the lower section is formed to provide ahorizontally disposed peripheral flange 5 which is provided atdiametrically opposite sides with substantially bayonet slots 6. Atright angles to the plane of the slots 6, the flange 5 is formed toprovide diametrically opposite arcuate recesses 7 The recesses 7 alinewith similar recesses 8 in the horizontally disposed peripheral flange 9of the top section 3. The flange 9 is stamped at diametrically oppositesides to form upwardly curved members 10 which are disposed immediatelyabove the bayonet slots in the flange 5 when the sections 2 and 3 areoperatively connected with each other. Immediately adjacent the sides ofeach member 10, the flange 9 is formed to provide upstanding retainingtongues 11. Substantially T-bolts are employed for connecting the saidseparable sections of the receptacle with each other, and as clearlyillustrated, the heads 12 of the bolts are extended through the openings13 in the flange 9 and beneath the members 10. the ends of each headextend beyond the sides of the members 10 and being interposed betweenthe tongues 11 so as to be held thereby against accidental loss. Theshanks 14 of the bolts extend downwardly through the bayonet slots 6 inthe flange 5 and they have engaged therewith adjustable clamping nuts 15which may be adjusted to bear against the underside of the flange 5 soas to hold the sections 2 and 3 of the re cepta ole securely connectedwith each other. It will of course be understood that before adjustmentof the nuts 15 the sections 2 and 3 are moved relatively so as to causethe bolts to be disposed at the end portions 6 of the bayonet slots.After applying the nuts to the bolts, the shanks of the latter areupset, as at 16, so as to hold the nut against loss. In other words thisarrangement is such that the upset portion 16 forms stops to limit theadjustments of the nuts in one direction. It will, of course, beunderstood that both sections of the carrier are formed so as toaccommodate themselves to a correspondingly formed receptacle which isto be mounted within the carrier.

In practice it is preferred that the body portion of the lower section 2be provided with one or more embracing members 18 having substantiallytriangular corner portions 19 that are adapted to prevent the carrierfrom rolling when the same is placed on its side.

I claim:

A member having an opening, a curved portion formed on the member andoverlying the opening, lugs stamped from the member and lying beyond theends of said curved portion, a member underlying the hold the latterengaged against the first first member, a bolt passing through themember. 10 opening and through the second member In testimony whereof IafliX my signature and having a right angularly extending in presence oftwo Witnesses.

' head overlying the first member and mount- LEONARD R. STEEL.

ed beneath the curved portion thereof and Witnesses: between said lugs,and a nut adjustable on MABEL LAWRENCE, the bolt and against the secondmember to JOHN D. LLOYD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

